Coeloria lamellina (NHMW-ZOO-EV-0015176)

3D Model

3D scan of the calcium carbonate skeleton of a stony coral (Coeloria lamellina). This coral was collected during the Austro-Hungarian deep-sea expeditions of 1890–1898. Onboard of the SMS Pola scientists conducted the first comprehensive oceanographic and biological studies of the Mediterranean and Red Seas.

This specimen is currently not on display.

Species: Coeloria lamellina Ehrenberg, 1834

Inventory number: NHMW-ZOO-EV-0015176

Origin: Pola expedition, Jeddah, Red Sea

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, 3rd Zoological Dept., Evertebrata varia Coll. (curator: Pedro R. Frade)

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Scanned & edited by M. Preslmayr and A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the BMWKMS.